MPC in TypeScript: Private Computation That Actually Runs

Three suppliers submit sealed bids. Nobody—not even the auction operator—sees individual prices. Yet the winner is determined correctly and verifiably. That's not magic; it's Multi-Party Computation, and I recently found a TypeScript implementation that actually works.

If you've ever needed to compute something across organizations without any single party seeing the raw inputs, you know the pain. Academic papers promise the moon, but finding production-ready code that isn't 10,000 lines of C++ spaghetti? Good luck. The enterprise-blockchain repository changes that for you. Its MPC module is clean, TypeScript-native, and runs real examples out of the box.

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What is MPC — in Plain English

Multi-Party Computation lets multiple parties jointly compute a function over their inputs without revealing those inputs to each other. Think of it as doing math in the dark: everyone contributes a piece, the answer emerges, but no one sees anyone else's piece.

Why does this matter in 2026? Enterprises sit on data goldmines they can't share. Banks want to compute aggregate credit risk across institutions without exposing individual portfolios. Procurement teams want fair auctions without revealing competitive bids. Healthcare networks want to run analytics without moving patient records. MPC makes this possible.

The two core techniques are:

1. Additive secret sharing: Split a number into random pieces that sum to the original. Any strict subset of pieces looks like random noise.
2. Shamir threshold sharing: Split a secret so that any k of n pieces can reconstruct it, but fewer than k reveal nothing.

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How MPC is Implemented in the Repo

The modules/mpc/ folder contains everything you need:

File	Purpose
index.ts	MPCEngine — additive secret sharing and computation
field.ts	Finite field arithmetic (demo and production primes)
quantum.ts	QuantumResistantVault — Shamir k-of-n + hash-ladder anchoring
crypto.ts	Commitment schemes and hash utilities

MPCEngine: Additive Shares

The MPCEngine class handles the full lifecycle: party registration, secret splitting, share submission with commitment verification, and final computation.

Here's how splitSecret() generates additive shares:

splitSecret(secret: number, partyIds: string[]): SecretShare[] {
  const shares: SecretShare[] = [];
  let remaining = secret;

  // Random range large enough to mask the secret
  const lo = -(2 ** 47) + 1;
  const hi = 2 ** 47;

  for (let i = 0; i < partyIds.length - 1; i++) {
    const value = randomInt(lo, hi);
    remaining -= value;
    const nonce = randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
    shares.push({
      partyId: partyIds[i]!,
      shareIndex: i,
      shareCount: partyIds.length,
      value,
      nonce,
      commitment: commitShare(partyIds[i]!, i, value, nonce),
    });
  }

  // Last share ensures sum equals the original secret
  const lastNonce = randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
  shares.push({
    partyId: partyIds[partyIds.length - 1]!,
    shareIndex: partyIds.length - 1,
    shareCount: partyIds.length,
    value: remaining,
    nonce: lastNonce,
    commitment: commitShare(
      partyIds[partyIds.length - 1]!,
      partyIds.length - 1,
      remaining,
      lastNonce,
    ),
  });

  return shares;
}

The critical insight: each share looks like random garbage on its own. Only when you sum all shares does the original secret reappear.

Note that MPCEngine uses statistical masking (random values in ±2^47 range) rather than formal finite field arithmetic—sufficient for practical additive sharing where the masking range vastly exceeds realistic secret magnitudes. For Shamir threshold sharing, QuantumResistantVault uses proper modular arithmetic over a 256-bit prime field.

Commitment Verification

When a party submits a share, the engine verifies the commitment before accepting it:

submitShare(computationId: string, share: SecretShare): void {
  // Verify commitment BEFORE accepting
  const expected = commitShare(
    share.partyId,
    share.shareIndex,
    share.value,
    share.nonce,
  );
  if (expected !== share.commitment) {
    throw new Error(
      `Commitment verification failed for party ${share.partyId}`
    );
  }
  // ... store share defensively
}

This prevents a malicious party from submitting bogus values that would corrupt the computation.

Pro tip: The engine stores a defensive copy of each share. Even if callers mutate the object after submission, the computation remains correct.

QuantumResistantVault: Shamir Threshold Sharing

For scenarios where you need k-of-n reconstruction (any 3 of 5 custodians can recover a root key), the QuantumResistantVault class implements Shamir's secret sharing with 256-bit field arithmetic:

distributeSecret(
  secret: number | bigint,
  parties: string[],
  threshold: number,
): Map<string, ThresholdShare> {
  // Convert to bigint for field arithmetic
  const secretBigint = typeof secret === "bigint" ? secret : BigInt(secret);

  // Random polynomial of degree (threshold − 1)
  // with the secret as the constant term
  const coeffs: bigint[] = [secretBigint];
  for (let i = 1; i < threshold; i++) {
    coeffs.push(this.field.random());
  }

  // Evaluate polynomial at each party's index
  const shares = new Map<string, ThresholdShare>();
  for (let i = 0; i < parties.length; i++) {
    const x = BigInt(i + 1);
    let y = 0n;
    for (let j = 0; j < coeffs.length; j++) {
      y = this.field.add(y, this.field.mul(coeffs[j]!, this.field.pow(x, BigInt(j))));
    }
    shares.set(parties[i]!, { party: parties[i]!, x, y, threshold });
  }
  return shares;
}

Reconstruction uses Lagrange interpolation—any k shares recover the secret, fewer than k reveal nothing mathematically.

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The Three Real-World MPC Examples

This is where it gets practical. The repo includes three runnable examples that solve actual enterprise problems.

Sealed-Bid Auction (mpc-sealed-bid-auction)

Problem: Procurement teams want competitive bidding, but suppliers won't bid honestly if competitors can see their prices.

MPC Flow:

1. Three suppliers each split their bid into shares distributed across all parties
2. Each party submits their shares to the engine
3. The engine computes the aggregate without ever seeing individual bids
4. Winner is determined by comparing share sums

// Phase 1: Each bidder splits their secret bid into shares
for (const [bidderId, amount] of Object.entries(bids)) {
  const shares = engine.splitSecret(amount, partyIds);
  for (const share of shares) {
    engine.submitShare(`bid-${bidderId}`, share);
  }
}

// Phase 2: Reconstruct each bid and compare
const results = partyIds.map((bidderId) => {
  const result = engine.compute(`bid-${bidderId}`, "sum");
  return { bidderId, reconstructedBid: result.aggregate };
});

// Determine winner (lowest bid)
const winner = results.reduce((min, r) =>
  r.reconstructedBid < min.reconstructedBid ? r : min
);

Security guarantee: No party—including the auction operator—learns any bid except the winning amount.

Run it: npm run example:mpc-auction

Joint Risk Analysis (mpc-joint-risk-analysis)

Problem: Two banks want to compute aggregate credit exposure across their portfolios, but neither can share their individual data with the other (or with regulators, yet).

MPC Flow:

1. Bank A and Bank B each split their portfolio risk metric into shares
2. Shares are exchanged and submitted to a shared MPC engine
3. The engine computes aggregate exposure
4. Optional threshold check: "Does combined exposure exceed $10M?"

// Both operations available
const sumResult = engine.compute("joint-risk", "sum");
const thresholdResult = engine.compute("joint-risk", "threshold", {
  threshold: 10_000_000,
});

console.log(`Combined exposure: ${sumResult.aggregate}`);
console.log(`Exceeds limit: ${thresholdResult.exceeded}`);

Security guarantee: Neither bank learns the other's portfolio composition. Only the aggregate (or threshold boolean) is revealed.

Run it: npm run example:mpc-risk-analysis

Quantum-Resistant Key Sharing (quantum-resistant-key-sharing)

Problem: Your organization needs a root key ceremony where no single custodian can reconstruct the key alone, and you want quantum-resistant anchoring for the audit trail.

(Shamir is already information-theoretically secure. "Quantum-resistant" here refers to the hash-ladder commitments, which avoid ECDSA/RSA signatures vulnerable to Shor's algorithm.)

MPC Flow:

1. Generate a master secret
2. Distribute using Shamir 3-of-5 threshold across five custody nodes
3. Any three custodians can reconstruct
4. Anchor the share commitments using a hash-ladder (post-quantum resistant)

const vault = new QuantumResistantVault();
const parties = ["node-1", "node-2", "node-3", "node-4", "node-5"];
const threshold = 3;

// Distribute shares
const shares = vault.distributeSecret(masterSecret, parties, threshold);

// Any 3 shares reconstruct the secret
const subset = Array.from(shares.values()).slice(0, 3);
const recovered = vault.reconstructSecret(subset, threshold);

// Anchor with hash-ladder for post-quantum auditability
const anchor = vault.anchorWithPostQuantumProof(shares, ladderKey);

Security guarantee: Fewer than 3 custodians learn nothing. The hash-ladder anchor remains verifiable even against quantum adversaries.

Run it: npm run example:quantum-key-sharing

Why this matters: Key ceremonies are often done with ad-hoc scripts. This implementation follows cryptographic best practices with production-grade field arithmetic.

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Security Practices & Quality Gates

What makes this MPC implementation trustworthy?

Precise field arithmetic: The FieldArithmetic class supports both a demo prime (2³¹ - 1, fast but insecure) and a production prime (secp256k1 order, 256-bit). Property tests verify commutativity, associativity, and multiplicative inverse correctness across thousands of random inputs.

// Property test: a * inverse(a) === 1 (mod p)
fc.assert(
  fc.property(fc.bigInt({ min: 1n, max: DEMO_PRIME - 1n }), (a) => {
    const inv = field.inverse(a);
    return field.mul(a, inv) === 1n;
  }),
  { numRuns: 500 },
);

Commitment verification: Every share is committed before submission. The engine verifies commitments at submit time and again at compute time. Tampering is detected, not silently corrupted.

Threshold design: The Shamir implementation uses cryptographically secure random coefficient generation. The polynomial degree is exactly threshold - 1, ensuring the mathematical guarantee holds.

Hash-ladder anchoring: For post-quantum resilience, the vault can anchor share commitments to a hash-based structure that remains secure against Shor's algorithm.

Pro tip: Run with MPC_FIELD_MODE=production in production. The demo prime is enumerable in seconds on modern hardware.

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Why This MPC Implementation Stands Out

I've looked at a lot of MPC code. Most of it falls into two categories: toy examples that skip commitment verification, or research implementations that require a PhD to compile.

This repo hits a sweet spot:

• Actually runs: Clone, npm install, npm run example:mpc-auction. Done.
• TypeScript-native: No C++ bindings, no WASM, no FFI drama. Just TypeScript you can read and debug.
• Production considerations: Resource quotas prevent memory exhaustion. Session TTLs prevent DoS. Defensive copies prevent mutation bugs.
• Property tested: The fast-check tests catch edge cases that unit tests miss—off-by-one in modular arithmetic, commitment timing issues, threshold boundary conditions.

The architecture separates concerns cleanly: MPCEngine handles additive shares for multi-party sums, QuantumResistantVault handles threshold schemes for key ceremonies, and both can anchor results to blockchain protocols (Besu, Fabric) via the repo's adapter layer.

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How to Get Started in < 5 Minutes

git clone https://github.com/psavelis/enterprise-blockchain.git
cd enterprise-blockchain
npm install
npm run example:mpc-auction

You'll see three suppliers submit secret bids, shares distributed, commitments verified, and a winner determined—all without any party seeing another's bid.

Want to adapt it? Fork the repo, modify examples/mpc-sealed-bid-auction/index.ts, and plug in your own use case. The MPCEngine API is simple: registerParty(), splitSecret(), submitShare(), compute().

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Let's Talk MPC

If you've made it this far, you're probably thinking about where MPC could fit in your organization. I'd love to hear about your use cases.

⭐ Star the repo if the implementation helped you understand MPC better.

🔨 Try the sealed-bid auction and imagine it with your procurement data.

💬 Drop a comment with your MPC war stories—what worked, what didn't, what you wish existed.

MPC isn't just academic anymore. The tools are here. The code runs. The only question is what you'll compute next.

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